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Sunday, November 28, 2010

Auburn gains first-place votes, still second behind Oregon in all three polls

Auburn's win against Alabama netted it some first-place votes , but it remained No. 2 behind Oregon overall in the Associated Press, USA Today coaches' and Harris Interactive polls.

The Tigers got 10 first-place votes in the coaches' poll, up from four a week ago, but they still trail the Ducks by 40 points in the poll. Last week the gap was 61. Oregon got 46 first-place votes.

In the AP poll, Auburn got 23 first-place votes, up from 13 last week. Oregon, which was in the No. 1 spot by 19 points, got 36 first-place votes.

Auburn got 42 first-place votes in the Harris poll, up from 31 last week.

All three polls have the same top five: Oregon, Auburn, TCU, Wisconsin and Stanford.

The highest-ranked SEC team behind Auburn is Arkansas, which is eighth in all three polls.

The coaches' and Harris polls makes up two-thirds of the Bowl Championship Series rankings, which will be released tonight.

Coaches' poll glance:
1. Oregon (46), 11-0, 1,459 points, LW: 1
2. Auburn (10), 12-0, 1,419 points, LW: 2
3. TCU (3), 12-0 1,343 points, LW: 4
4. Wisconsin, 11-1, 1,282 points, LW: 5
5. Stanford, 11-1, 1,233 points, LW: 8
Harris poll glance:
1. Oregon (70), 11-0, 2,804 points, LW: 1
2. Auburn (42), 12-0, 2,769 points, LW: 2
3. TCU (2), 12-0, 2,621 points, LW: 3
4. Wisconsin, 11-1, 2,441 points, LW: 5
5. Stanford, 11-1, 2,417 points, LW: 7
AP poll glance:
1. Oregon (36), 11-0, 1,475 points, LW: 1
2. Auburn (23), 12-0, 1,456 points, LW: 2
3. TCU (1), 12-0 1,383 points, LW: 4
4. Wisconsin, 11-1, 1,289 points, LW: 5
5. Stanford, 11-1, 1,283 points, LW: 7
And here's the usual breakdown of the AP ballots (although there's no much to break down at this point):
  • Too many first-place votes to list everyone. Just know this: Auburn got 23 first-place votes, 30 second-place votes and seven third-place votes.
  • Auburn's average ranking is 1.73, its highest this year.
  • On six of the seven ballots that Auburn is third, Oregon was first and TCU second. One of those voters had TCU first and Oregon second.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Andy,
Thanks for your reporting on Auburn football. I go through withdrawal if I don't have something from you on my FaceBook page.

I enjoy your posts very much!

Tar Heel Tiger said...

that sounds painful. Makes me even more glad that I don't have a facebook page.